Google Adsense - Don't Get Caught For Click Fraud

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1. Google Adsense - Don't Get Caught For Click Fraud
There has been quite a number of site owners thathave had their Google Adsense account terminatedfor no apparent reason. If you are making asubstantial income with Adsense then to have youraccount terminated would make a huge impact onyour finances.
Nobody wants to see their income take a such aconsiderable dive. However, it is theconsideration of the opposite that has brought thefraud situation into play.
There have been people who wanting a higher income will either click on their own Adsense ads or askfriends or family to click on their ads for them.
This is known as 'click fraud'. This is the actof clicking on ads for the sole purpose of earningextra income from the clicks.
The problem is that while that person is earningmore income from those clicks, the advertiser ofthose ads is paying more fees for what is reallyfalse leads.
From the point of view of the Adwords advertiser, they do not want to be paying higher costs forfalse leads that have no chance of earning themany sales or leads.
Many website owners are aware of this fraud andare sharing the same sentiment that this is the one big problem that Adsense is facing.
How do you prevent being involved in this fraud?
Google will look to you very highly if they seethat you would want to help them reduce clickfraud. Many web hosts now offer access logs. If you have access logs to your website it is a goodidea to hand it over to Google as well. Thisallows them to look for any suspicious activity onyour site. By giving them your access logs itshows Google that you want to help them in any way you can in solving the click fraud problem.
There is also click monitoring software availableon the market and most of these are free software.It wouldn't hurt to get hold of some clickmonitoring software and once again, all the information received through the software beinggiven to Google. You will be again showing Googlethat you are helping them in the fight againstclick fraud and are in no way involved in clickfraud.
There have been many people who have had theiraccounts terminated for click fraud who are verysure that they did not click on their own ads orhave a family member or friend clicking their ads.
How this comes about is a bit unsure, but it can be possible if you perhaps have a visitor thatdoes like your site and visits it quite regularly.If that one visitor does happen to click on adseach time they visit, this may come across asclick fraud.
Also, as awful as it may sound, some people mayunintentionally make enemies and if someone whoperhaps wants to hurt you could find your websiteand click on your ads knowing that theconsequences to that would be you losing your Adsense account.
This is why if you write any ebooks or reports anduse your own website as an example, you shouldn'texpose your actual website url or name. This canhelp to avoid anything like that happening to you.
Study your server logs and watch for any activitythat seems suspicious. Report anything that youmay find odd, may it big or small thing.
You may want to consider disabling ads for yourown IP address and local geographic area. This will certainly prevent accidents and will not makeGoogle mistake another user as you. You can dothrough a htaccess file.
Keep your Adsense off on pop ups and pop unders.Your ads should not be displayed on content sites that promote illegal activity or tampering of thelegal rights of other people or business. Includedin this are the content that is considered adultand gambling ones. If you think that you may bebreaking this rule, immediately remove your content or Adsense from the web page.
Always be truthful and confess to Google if you doclick on your own ads. whether accidentally orintentionally. Or if you have ever done anythingthat is against the Terms of Service that they are implementing. Be honest about anything that youmay have done that is wrong.
Confessing is way better than Google learningabout it eventually. It would mean eventualtermination and no getting back what you have worked so hard for. If you confess to themanything you have done wrong, then they look atyou as being honest and having made anunintentional mistake. They will take this morekindly than if they find out by their own methods.
Don't tell your family or friends that you have awebsite at all. As much as you'd like to show offyour website to your family and friends, there isa good chance that they may start clicking on yourads to help you make money without you knowing it.Even though they may be trying to help you out,they will actually be doing more harm than good.
If someone you know does find out that you have awebsite, make sure you explain to them to never click on your ads. Make sure they understand theconsequences to you if they do.
Do not be caught in the Google click fraud. Beaware and be wary.